Rail-brace.



R. M. EVANS.

RAIL BEACH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 191a.

1,084,26Q, Ptented Jan. 13, 1914.

entire srairns TENT onnion.

RUFUS lVI. EVANS, OF TECUMSEH, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'I'O CHARLES SCHWARTZ, 0F TOPEKA, KANSAS.

RAIL-BRACE.

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Specification of-Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 153,: 19141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RU'rUs M. Evans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Braces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an adjustable brace for railroad rails. Its object is to provide a simple and efficient rail brace that can be easily applied, and which is so adjustable as to be adapted not only to operate as an efiicient rail brace but also to bring the rail i to an exact line. It comprises essentially plate adapted to embrace the rail, a lug adapted to be secured to the tie apart from the rail, and a bolt having a threaded engagement with the lug and extending between the plate and the lug; and it also consists of the parts, improvements, and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

lln the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification and in the description of the drawings, I have shown my invention in its preferred form, and have shown what I deem to be thebest mode of applying the principles thereof; but it is to be understood that I contemplate changes in form, proportions, and materials, the transposition of parts, and the substitution of equivalent members, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a rail brace made in accordance with the principles of my invention, with a section of a rail to which it is applied, and a dotted outline of the top of the tie. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rail brace, with a dotted outline of the tie.

. Similar reference characters indicate like partsthroughoutboth views.

3 is a rail and 4: is a tie on which the rail is supported.

5 is a plate adapted to bear against'the side of the web of the rail between the base and the head, its outer face being slightly inclined so as to be thicker at the top than at the bottom, and 7 is a flange of the plate adapted to engage the base of the rail. At each end, the flange is extended in the form of a hook 8 to embrace the underside of the base of the rail.

9 is a lug, preferably made integrally with the base plate 10, which is provided with suitable holes 11, l1,'f01 spiking it to tie tie.

12 is a bolt whose outer end 13 is threadof the bolt which slants downwardly from the rail end so as to form a brace.

17 is a lock-nut for locking the bolt in any position.

As noted from the drawings, the lug is secured to the tie separately and apart from the rail, thus depending for its permanency of position upon its attachment to the tie. The brace plate 5 is'placed against the side of the rail in the position shown, and is long enough so thatthe hooks at the ends embrace the rail baseon opposite sides of the tie. When the leg is spiked down to the tie and the brace plate isproperly positioned, the bolt is forced against the brace plate by turning it by appl ing a wrench to the angular portion.- 0 vio'fusly, it is possible not only to bring the bolt up firmly againstthe brace plate'but also to move the rail if desired. When the bolt is in its proper .position, the lock -,nut may be screwed down against the face of the lug, thus holding the bolt against turning, and forming a perfectly rigid brace. It is also to be noted that the brace may be easily adjusted from time to time as may be desired, that the contraction and expansion of the rails do not affect it, and that the rail may be removed and replaced without removing the lug from the tie.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a flanged plate adapted to embrace the side of the web and the top of the base of a rail and having a hook at each end emLracing the underside of the base of the rail, the plate being inclined inwardly towart the web from the top downwardly and having a hole; a lug having an integral plate for securing it to a tie apart from the rail and first-named plate; a bolt extending between the firstnamed plate and the lug, having threaded engagement with the lug and having a pin at its opposite end which engages in said hole, the portion of the bolt adjacent to the pin end being angular in cross section; and

a lock-nut on the bolt bearing against the face of the lug.

2. The combination of a flanged plate adapted to embrace the side of the web and the top of the base of a rail and having a hook at each end embracing the under side of the base of the rail, said plate having a hole; a lugadapted to be fastened to a tie separately and apart from the rail and plate; a bolt, one end of which is threaded and has threaded engagement with the lug, andxthe other end of which is. angular in cross section and terminates with a pin and shoulder, said pin engaging in said .hole and said shoulder bearing against said plate, and a lock-nut on the bolt bearing against aid lug.

3. The combination of a plate adapted to embrace the side of a i'aih a lug adapted be fastened to the tie apart from the rail,

Witnesses:

H" W. EULER, C. E. CURRY.

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